reemas Posted March 2 Share #1 Posted March 2 Advertisement (gone after registration) On the exposure meter (or light balance as referred to in the manual), what is the lower bar (row) for? Mine has a white dot at -2/3rd. To be clear, I'm not asking about the upper row, which I know is exposure. So a -1/3rd shown on the top row, for example, would mean my current settings are underexposing by a 1/3rd stop. But the row below might have no indicator (as shown in the attached image) or it might have an indicator somewhere different than the exposure meter. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/419624-what-is-the-lower-bar-for-in-this-image/?do=findComment&comment=5766486'>More sharing options...
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LesR Posted March 3 Share #2 Posted March 3 Just had a play with my Q3 and found the top scale shows the effect on the exposure that the image will have with the cameras settings. The lower scale shows any exposure compensation set using the exposure compensation dial etc. Your image shows the camera has -1 while the bottom scale shows 0 set in exposure compensation function. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
M11 for me Posted March 3 Share #3 Posted March 3 (edited) Its the exposure compensation indicator. Try to play around in full manual mode and look how the indications change: - In full manual put your camera on a tripod (or a table) so that the exposure does not change constantly when moving the camera. - And now set your exposure (to the middle resp to 0) by using your dials (ISO, shutter speed and/or aperture). - When the top bar is now in the middle (0 value) then change the exposure compensation to +1 (or whatever) and observe what the top bar is doing now . . . Edited March 3 by M11 for me 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viv Posted March 3 Share #4 Posted March 3 11 hours ago, reemas said: On the exposure meter (or light balance as referred to in the manual), what is the lower bar (row) for? Mine has a white dot at -2/3rd. To be clear, I'm not asking about the upper row, which I know is exposure. So a -1/3rd shown on the top row, for example, would mean my current settings are underexposing by a 1/3rd stop. But the row below might have no indicator (as shown in the attached image) or it might have an indicator somewhere different than the exposure meter. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Exposure compensation Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
reemas Posted March 3 Author Share #5 Posted March 3 Thank you all! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarekith Posted March 3 Share #6 Posted March 3 Thanks for asking, I was curious about this too. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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